A popular song from 1912
Words by Lew Brown
Music by Albert Von Tilzer
The sheet music:
Lyrics
- Ebenezer Jones played the minstrel bones
In a ragtime minstrel show
Everywhere that they would go
Ebenezer was there in his favorite chair
It seems his name had gained great fame
For when he came to town
All the folks for miles around
Would hurry down, hurry down, hurry down
When Ebenezer they did spy
They’d jump right up and cry
Chorus:
Rap, rap, rap, rap on your minstrel bones
Rap, rap, rap, rap Ebenezer Jones
Swing your hands from side to side
Jump up from your chair and do the minstrel glide
Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap a dance for me
So that I can see you
Jump up from your seat
Give us all a treat
You wriggle and you giggle
While you jiggle with your feet
And then you Rap, Rap, Rap, Rap
Rap on your minstrel bones
- Ebenezer Jones found as he travelled ’round
That a gal named Hannah Lee
Left her home in Tennessee
Just to follow the show and where ever t’would go
She’d always be where she could see him
In his minstrel chair
She would tell folks everywhere
“He’s a bear, he’s a bear, he’s a bear”
And Ebenezer felt so proud
To hear her yell out loud